A recent post by Mistress Sidonia featuring a list of ads featuring dommes, led me to this 1989 advertisement for K Shoes and their high heels. I love this for multiple reasons. Partly it’s the classic 80’s style, with the shoulder pads and the black and chrome office. Partly it’s the great ball cutting shot and sound effect, which I’m amazed they got away with. Mostly it’s because I remember K shoes (and Clarks, who took them over) from my childhood. It feels like I spent a countless number of hot summer afternoons with my mother, trying on their shoes, looking to get the cheapest possible option that’d fit me. I hadn’t thought of them for years, so it was very strange to see this ad in this context and have all those old memories resurface. Life likes to spring these odd surprises on your now and again.
Of course, I couldn’t let a post like this pass and not take the opportunity to feature a shoe themed image. This gentleman seems to have invested in some sturdy footwear, but forgotten the rest of his outfit.
A “shoe themed image”?
Hmmm. I sort of think of it as a C&B leashed image, along the lines of properlyleashed-m.tumblr.com.
Of course, different people often see different things while looking at the same thing.
Just sayin’!
Well there’s definitely a leash-y component. I can’t deny that. But it was honestly their respective footwear that caught me eye first. Well that, and his lack of pants.
I guess it has a little something for everyone!
-paltego
Oh God, the 80’s…my adolescence/early adulthood…and a rich vein of S&M themed imagery which that K Shoes clip exemplifies! Oh to be back there!
If you’re a fan of women in severe outfits, with high heels, shoulder pads and fitted jackets, then the 80’s was definitely your era!
-paltego